12/11/2025
Thyroid diseases common in women - Dementia Improved Support Association of Japan
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Thyroid disorders common in women
Thyroid disorders, common in woman in their 20s to 50s, include Grave’s disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, subacute thyroiditis, benign tumor, cyst, and cancer.
Grave’s disease or hyperthyroidism can be caused by stress.
Stress can affect secretion of thyroid gland hormone, which can lead to abnormalities in thyroid function.
When you suffer great mental shock, that stress can trigger thyroid symptoms.
Avoiding stress is important not to relapse or worsen the symptoms.
You should keep in mind following things to prevent Grave’s disease.
Having enough sleep to keep a normal circadian rhythm
Avoiding building up physical fatigue or mental stress
Avoiding too much exercise to keep away from overfatigue
Relaxing yourself by listening to the music, reading a book, painting, walking in the woods etc.
Quitting smoking
Aged people have higher risk for dysfunctions like hypothyroidism or thyrotoxicosis.
The former, especially common in the elderly, can show only mild and atypical symptoms, which makes it difficult to be distinguished from other disorders.
Hypothyroidism
Aged patients tend to have less typical symptoms such as body weight increase, muscle spasm, tingling in hands, and intolerance to cold.
Some patients have confusion, poor appetite, body weight loss, fall, incontinence, arthralgia, myalgia, or torpor
Confusion or forgetfulness shown in severe cases makes the disease mistaken for Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia.
The treatment method is hormonal replacement therapy.
Thyrotoxicosis
The symptoms include body weight loss, palpitation, increase in sweating, malaise, and fatigue.
Just like hypothyroidism, most symptoms are mistaken for those caused by aging.
In fact, they are very similar to problems attributed to decline with aging or other types of diseases.
For effective treatment, you must be careful not to miss the relevant symptoms.
This month, Prof. Mori talks about thyroid grand and stress.
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